A 17-year-old boy, Opeyemi Odujobi has been arrested in lagos for
allegedly raping a schoolgirl, Sade and got her pregnant. Odujobi
allegedly raped the Junior Secondary School 3 pupil in September 2015
on Ayoola Street, in the Abule-Egba area of Lagos, where the duo lived. Fifteen-year-old Sade told the
police that she was asleep around 11pm in September when the suspect
allegedly sneaked to her side and raped her.
It was gathered that Sade had lived with
her grandfather, identified only as Richard, in the community for years
while the suspect started living with Richard about a year ago. It was learnt that Odujobi
moved to Richard’s residence after his parents reportedly had a
disagreement, which severed their relationship.
Fifteen-year-old Sade told the
police that she was asleep around 11pm in September when the suspect
allegedly sneaked to her side and raped her.
Speaking on the incident she said
“One night I was sleeping when Opeyemi (Odujobi) came to meet me and raped me. On that day, I saw bloodstain on my clothes and I felt pain in my body. I told my grandpa that I was not feeling good. He gave me medicine and I was alright. I did not know I was pregnant until I went to my father’s place. It was my stepmother who discovered the pregnancy.”
However, Odujobi said it was the girl
who seduced him, adding that he indulged in the act when he could no
longer control himself.
“The girl seduced me, but I initially resisted it. It came to a stage I could no longer hold it and we had sex. I was afraid to report the issue, but it later led to pregnancy.”
The police, however, arraigned Odujobi before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ogba on one count of rape. A police prosecutor, Inspector Benedith
Aigbokan, who brought the defendant before the presiding Chief
Magistrate, Mr. Tajudeen Elias, said the offence was punishable under
Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2011.
The charge read, “That you, Odujobi
Opeyemi (17), sometime in the month of September 2015, at about 11pm on
Ayoola Street, Awori bus stop, Abule-Egba, Lagos, in the Ikeja
Magisterial District, did defile a girl, aged 15, by inserting your
penis into her private parts, thereby committing an offence punishable
under Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria 2011.”
The accused pleaded not guilty to the charge and elected summary trial.
The presiding magistrate granted him
bail in the sum of N250,000, with two responsible sureties in like sum,
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